Brian A. Salmons
@brianasalmons.bsky.social
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Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made. - Kant
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major7mag.bsky.social
"Everyone has a Dave. Some version of him is trying to lodge himself in your bones as we speak."

now playing: "The Joker" • Steve Miller Band (by
@mallorysmart.bsky.social)
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"The Joker" • Steve Miller Band (by Mallory Smart)
Just proof that we were there.
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How about Bang by Gorky Park?
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"Every generation will have different kinds of feminist anthems. As teens we aren’t quite ready to see the ways it’s ok that we are and are not covers of our mothers."
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Ancient Rome. I know. Boring. I thought so too until we systematically learned about each period, ruler, & I understood how much happened, how fascinating it was...NOT in some smug decline of civilization manosphere sense...but just for its own sake.

BTW I was an Anthro major. So, can't use that.
lollardfish.bsky.social
What was your favorite early clas NOT in your eventual major. Mine was Ethnomusicology: an introduction to folk music.
anthrodiva.bsky.social
I invariably get, "Ooh anthro that was my favorite class/cool professor" from people I meet. I tend to think soms of it is our outré material, being willing to talk "taboo" subjects in a cross-cultural context.

Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
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During debate on a congressional stock trading ban introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley, Sen. Ron Johnson, one of the richest members of Congress worth an estimated $55 million, said the bill would “make it very unattractive for people to step up to the plate and run for office.”
Ron Johnson, Worth $40M, Says Stock Trading Ban Would Make It “Unattractive” to Be in Congress
Sen. Ron Johnson is one of the richest members of Congress, with a net worth of tens of millions of dollars.
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Pumped that my extracurricular pitch for @marchxness.bsky.social was given the green light. It's going to bite! (like in a good way)
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Sorry, it's Metphrastics not Meta.
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Pleased with the latest (final?) draft of a poem I'm writing for @metmuseum.org open call for Fall 2025 issue of Metaphrastics, for ekphrastic poems on items in their Arms and Armor collection. Might even write a couple more before the Sept 15 deadline.
www.metphrastics.com/submit
Submit — Metphrastics
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I'll be spinning this a lot in the coming months. Join in! Marchxness is so much fun, and interactive.
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human endeavor clumsily betrays humanity

- from "Japan", Anthony Hecht
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After yrs of thinking I'm 'not ready', 'not good enough', 'have not written enough', I decided yesterday it's time to sub out a chapbook. I've got 24 pages/poems assembled. The ones I still like after sometimes yrs of revision. What's your advice to a virgin chapbook subber?